The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-17

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| w." the mau says that ne has done part of
the job now, and can't leave it unfinished;
and he must do it when he can, aud not
when like, because hes got so many
other engagements So don't you think
you could make it the day after te-mor-
row, PulsatllaY'
| Very well she answered sadly. since
| you seem to wish ii; will ask Mamma if
+, may alter our other arrangements to suit"
The fact unhappiy was tnat Percy's &C
| count of his rooms had been colored 10 a
manner that bore very sli BIT relation
} with The facts. In the first place it never
| would have done to tell the Bastwicks
straight oug about his having taken extern
! sive chambers on the strength of his new
| prospects, On his side there wasSonly an
old guardian in tna country, with whom
| he did not CORRESPOND except upon bust
| ness matters Butt WAS we'll, he thought,
| to assert the evil conduct of his previous
| laudiady az the cause OF his leaving her.
| Then, if they assumed his new lodgings
| to be on the same pov rty stricken scale
as his old Que had been, they did so ut
| their own risk and on their own RESPONSE
bilty. His policy, therefore lad been to
| let them into the secret gradually, aud, as
+, it were, by impercephb degrees. Now,
| however, his dream was shattered; he
must turu his rooms into a bowling wild
| erness or allow his sensitive fiancee to dis
| cover mis- deprayity at glance. He re-
| solved TO cept the first alternative, and
begin the work of converting Ills luxurious
| sitting room into a study worthy of Galen
himself before any further time was ost.
Several friends came in +, help nin and
| they ma e lignt of the whole matter, pro-
49, f1ot,
| Percy, however, renamed quite blind to
tuls aspect OF the case. From first 90 last
| he was loud in lamentations. and bad not
| LETT off bemoaniug his unhappy lot when
| his freuds departed, promising That they
would return again next hight complete
| the desolalion Percy'S bedroom was
large one, and all his more sum ptuouS tur
nuure was accordingly piled tne1e by the
conspirators The plain deal table-almost
| too plain to seem plausible-and hard
| kitchen chairs looked strangely incOngru-
| Gus beside the handsome curtains and cor
| lices a skeleton aad Il collection of
| miscellaneous anatomic II fragments were
| generously contributed by sympatnizefs,
| and scat cred about the room in studied
! disorder These disjected membra did
not mend matters much, Only giving an
I air of wider barbarsm 10 the apartment.
| They succeeded, at any rate, in conveying
| the idea shai its occupant was not merely
| a savage bat acnniDal. On second
| thought Percy huddled all these trophies
also Into the bedroom and then, first anx-
| iously scrutiniziug the Gene to see that 10
| detail of over to shock or scardaliZe the
| ladies' feeling had been allowed 10 survive
| be started off full of forebodings to fetca
| Pulsatilla aud her mother.
Ii WAS with wildly palpitating heart
that he drew forth his latch key and fun
| bled at the keyhole. He WAS 50 long in
| getting the door open that Pusatilla was
J struck by bis odd behavior
is ANYTHING the matter, Percvg' she
whispered anxiously; you don't look
wellf'
| His locks did not belle his feelings, it
| seemed. He longed to make a clean
breast of it, but the presence Of Lady Bast-
| wick made that impossible. There was
nothing eft for him but TO keep up his
amiable deception.
1.-THE fact is / was kept up deuced late
| last night" he said; 1.-THE standard of these
/ horrid exams, is getting higher every year.
| and there is ne keeping up to it unless
/ fellow works more team he ought, you
| know One can't help feeling little 0at
l vi SOIbS uUW dANk tACll. D0l Sudlt NC Oh
| right presently.
| AS he made this sarguiue prediction he
| ushered the two ladies into his room. A
| look of relief appeared upon his face as he
| saw that it still remained as he had left it.
| The horrid thought had flashed across his
mind that some pr ctcal joker might
have stepped in TO prepare, surprise for
him on his return. But this proved to have
| been baseless chimera; not even the fold
| ing doors which led into he bedroom had
been touched, but faithfully continued to
| guard the oak and mahogany secrets Of
! the inner chamber.
| Under these favorable circumstances
Percy 3 spirits grew once more bupyant.
| He ordered tea, beverage he personally
delested, on purpose for Pulsatilla 10 en-
| joy the treat of dispensing it from his tea
! BOT. This was another small fiction; the
| tea pot was purloinod for the occasion
/ from the cupboard of another gentleman
down stairs percy lived on the first f1oor)
who happened To be out of town. lt-was
an unusually gorgeous utensi, and was
decorated with the ownir's crest and
! arms.
whats this, Percy?" inquired his
prospt Give mother-in-law, examining the
lea pot through her glasses. eve have
never asked you about your coat of arms
| of course simple folks care nothing
about snch worldly matters but must
confess it was too modest of you, my dear
| boy, never to breathe a word about it
yourself Why, it's perfectly lovely Let
me see, now; what do you call these
things? Dear me. how stupid of me to
forget, to be suIe;" and she pointed to GER
tam mysterious marks on the escuc1eoni
T., l.,
cabllistic signs for all the poor young man
knew.
lie almost choked, but Puiastii;a was
| looking straight at him, and he + 1t she
would not enjoy The tea half so well unless
/ her mothers question was answered. So
he pulled himself together, rejecting that
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